4.14 "The Curse" Episode Guide

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When Daniel Jackson returns to Chicago to attend the funeral of his mentor, a celebrated archaeologist, he soon realizes that the death is mysteriously connected to the recent discovery of a 10,000-year-old Egyptian artifact that might be cursed by a vengeful pharaoh.

MGM/SciFi.com Official Summary

When Dr. Daniel Jackson's old archaeology professor, Dr. Jordan, dies in a mysterious lab explosion, Daniel pays a return visit to his old academic stomping grounds. But as he reacquaints himself with his former colleagues—including his former girlfriend, Sarah Gardner, Jordan's research assistant—he begins to suspect Jordan's death might not have been an accident. Daniel discovers that one of the items the professor was studying, an ancient Egyptian jar, contains a perfectly preserved Goa'uld symbiote. Apparently a crack in the vessel compromised the sedative solution within, killing the creature. But further investigation reveals that a second jar might have existed. With a Goa'uld apparently stalking the campus and the local community abuzz with talk of an ancient curse, Daniel must unravel the mystery before it's too late.